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Dactylaena ekmanii Helwig, Ark. Bot. 22A(10): 9. 1929.
Distribution: Endemic to Hispaniola (Haiti).
References: 5, 7.
Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq., Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot.
Genève 17: 382. 1914; Cleome gynandra L., Sp. Pl. 671. 1753.
Cleome pentaphylla L., Fl. Jamaic. 18. 1759; Gynandropsis pentaphylla
(L.) DC., Prodr. 1: 238. 1824.
Cleome triphylla L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 938. 1763.
Distribution: Exotic in Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto
Rico, Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola),
Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Désirade,
Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante,
Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St.
Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao,
Margarita, Tobago, Trinidad, North America, Mexico, Central
America, and South America; native to tropical Africa, Asia, and
Malesia.
Common Names: Small spider-flower (Bahamas), Bigote de gato, Uña
de gato, Volantín, Volantín blanco, Volantina (Cuba), Acaya, Bozo
de gato (Dominican Republic), Caya, Feuilles caya, Masambey
(Haiti), Acaia, Acaya à fleurs blanches, Akaya blanc, Caia, Coyers,
Kaia mouzambe, Masambe, Mouzambé à fleurs blanches, Sambo,
Small spider flower, Spider whisp, White masambee (Lesser
Antilles), Jazmín del río (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 19, 45, 58, 61, 75, 159, 198, 224, 301, 323,
340, 383.
Note: Considered an invasive species by CeNBIO.
Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC. = Gynandropsis gynandra (L.)
Briq.
Gynandropsis speciosa (Kunth) DC. = Cleoserrata speciosa (Raf.) Iltis
Hemiscola aculeata (L.) Raf., Sylva Tellur. 111. 1838; Cleome aculeata
L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 232. 1767.
Distribution: Native to Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Lesser
Antilles (Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique,
Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad,
Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Common Names: Pata de paloma, Timaque (Dominican Republic),
Acaya, Mouzambé aux épines, Patte à canard (Lesser Antilles).
References: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 58, 61.
Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. = Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf.
Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) Iltis, Novon 17: 450. 2007; Cleome
hassleriana Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 12. 1898.
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico; native to South
America.
References: 2, 6, 58, 159, 224, 252.
Note: Considered an invasive species by CeNBIO.
Tarenaya spinosa (Jacq.) Raf., Sylva Tellur. 111. 1838; Cleome spinosa
Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 26. 1760.
Cleome pubescens Sims, Bot. Mag. 43: t. 1857. 1816.
Cleome pungens Willd., Enum. Pl. 2: 689. 1809.
Distribution: Native to Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica,
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas), Lesser
Antilles (Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe,
Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St.
Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Mexico, Central America, and South
America.
Common Names: Acaya, Cayá, Uña de gato, Volantín, Volantines
(Cuba), Rosa candalia, Rosa candalina, Timaque (Dominican
Republic), Caya sauvage, Feuilles caya, Jasmin del río,
Masambey (Haiti), Caya, Grand acaya, Grand mouzambé,
Mouzambé, Sambo, Spider flower, Tomados marron, Wild
massambée (Lesser Antilles), Aromo, Flor de perro, Gusanera,
Jazmín apestoso, Sambo, Volantines punzantes, Volatines
puzantes (Puerto Rico).
References: 3, 4, 5, 7, 19, 30, 58, 61, 75, 198, 301, 340.
Clethraceae
Genera. Total: 2; native: 2; endemic: 0.
Taxa. Total: 19; native: 19; endemic: 18.
Clethra alexandri Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I. 142. 1859.
Distribution: Endemic to Jamaica.
References: 2, 427.
Note: Considered near threatened by the IUCN Red List of Threatened
Species.
Clethra bracteata Griseb. = Clethra occidentalis (L.) Kuntze
Clethra byrsonimoides Griseb. = Clethra cubensis A. Rich.
Clethra cubensis A. Rich. in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11:
75. 1850.
Clethra byrsonimoides Griseb., Pl. Wright. 1: 170. 1860.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 29.
Clethra jamaicensis Britton = Clethra occidentalis Kuntze
Clethra occidentalis (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 389. 1891; Tinus
occidentalis L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1010. 1759.
Clethra bracteata Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I. 141. 1859.
Clethra jamaicensis Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 29(1): 7. 1914.
Distribution: Native to Jamaica, Mexico, and Central America.
Common Name: Soapwood (Jamaica).
References: 2, 36, 147, 151.
Costaea cubensis A. Rich. = Purdiaea cubensis (A. Rich.) Urb. var.
cubensis
Purdiaea angustifolia C. Wright ex Griseb. = Purdiaea stenopetala
Griseb. var. stenopetala
Purdiaea bissei Berazaín, Willdenowia 34: 293. 2004.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
Reference: 149.
Purdiaea cubensis (A. Rich.) Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22:
366. 1926, var. cubensis; Costaea cubensis A. Rich., Hist. Fis.
Cuba, Bot. 2: 75: 1853.
Purdiaea monodynama Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub. 53. 1866.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 124, 149, 151.
Purdiaea cubensis (A. Rich.) Urb. var. albosepala Vict., Contr. Inst.
Bot. Univ. Montreal 63: 54. 1948.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
Reference: 149.
Purdiaea ekmanii Vict., Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montreal 63: 61. 1948.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
Reference: 3.
Purdiaea maestrensis Borhidi & Catasús = Purdiaea nipensis Vict. &
León subsp. maestrensis (Borhidi & Catasús) Berazaín & S. Rodr.
Purdiaea microphylla Britton & P. Wilson, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42:
389. 1915.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 39.
Note: Considered vulnerable by the Red List of the Vascular Flora of
Cuba (39).